Turkish Delegation to visit Dallas!

The U.S. Embassy in Turkey has been awarded funding for a “Cochran Fellowship Program” and has selected 6 textile mills from Turkey to participate in this training program.  The Embassy focused on developing mills from the Southeastern region of Turkey and selected the participants.  This will be a first trip for these companies to learn about U.S. cotton.  The Embassy has also selected the dates and schedule for the group to travel to the United States for their U.S. cotton training.

The Cochran Fellowship Program is a USDA funded program outside of the regular FMD/MAP programs that CCI traditionally works.  Started in 1984 by Senator Thad Cochran, it provides short-term training opportunities to agricultural professionals from middle-income countries, emerging markets, and emerging democracies.  CCI will assist in organizing their meetings and travel logistics.  The local Agricultural Specialist with the U.S. Embassy, Ibrahim Sirtioglu, will travel with this group and serve as their interpreter. 

The Turkish delegation will arrive in Dallas, Texas on August 2, 2018, for an evening with the TEXAS COTTON INDUSTRY, to be held in the Pegasus Ballroom at the TOWER CLUB, 1601 Elm Street, 48th Floor, Dallas, Texas, 75201, (214) 220-0403. We will begin with an educational briefing of the cotton industry in Texas presented by leadership representing the producers, coops, merchants, ginners and warehousemen at 6:30 p.m., followed by a reception and dinner. The next morning, August 3, 2018, the group will tour OLAM Cotton AC Warehouse located at 4601 Langdon Road, Dallas, Texas, 75241, (972) 225-6628.

Below is the list of participants as well as the current itinerary.  We will post additional details about their textile mills once received from the U.S. Embassy.

We enourage you to help us welcome this group from Turkey! Please access the button below to register to attend the event in Dallas.  

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CCI COTTON USA Special Trade Mission from VIETNAM

Please be advised of the upcoming 2018 COTTON USA Special Trade Mission from Vietnam. Fifteen textile executives from eleven companies in Vietnam, along with two from the CCI staff and three interpreters, will tour TEXAS! They will depart Memphis for McAllen, Texas on July 25, 2018, for a farm and gin tour followed by lunch and a warehouse tour. Later that day, they will depart McAllen for a reception and dinner in Lubbock, Texas, hosted by AMCOT, Lubbock Cotton Exchange, Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., and The Texas Cotton Association. The following morning at the Overton Hotel, a seminar will be presented by the host organizations, promoting TEXAS COTTON to our Vietnam customers! We urge you to help us welcome this group to TEXAS!

Please R.S.V.P to [email protected] if you are planning to attend the evening function on July 25th as well as the morning seminar on July 26th, so that those in charge of meal functions can plan accordingly.

Please follow the links for an itinerary including all U.S. stops, as well as the participant list.